Railway-rail.



C. L. MANSON.

RAILWAY RAIL.

APPLICATION mm MAY 26. 1915.

1 ,23 1,039 I Patented June 26, 1917-.

CHARLES L. MANSON. 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN B. WILLIAMS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

RAILWAY-RAIL.

Application filed May 26, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. MANSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jelferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Rails; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to rails used in the construction of railway road-beds, and more particularly to a rail which is adaptable for use upon street car railway road-beds, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a rail of this nature which has a removable head section which may be replaced when it becomes worn.

With the foregoing and other objects in view this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is a side elevation of the improved rail structure,

Fig. an a cross sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates a supporting plate which forms a foundation for receiving the base 2 of the rail structure. The base 2 is connected to the supporting plate 1 by bolts or analogous fastening devices 3 which extend through the supporting plate 1, the base 2 and through plates 4 which are mounted upon the upper surface of the rail base at spaced intervals. The supporting plate 1 may be the ordinary type of ties used in the construction of railway road-beds, and recessed as is shown at 5 for receiving a part of the base of the rail therein, as is clearly shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings.

The base 2 of the rail structure has a web 6 secured thereto centrally of the side edges, which web extends upwardly.

The web 6 has transversely extending pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 30,626.

jections 7 and 8 formed upon its upper edge which form a head for the rail. The head 9 of the rail formed by the projections 7 and 8, is provided with a longitudinally extending channel 10 formed in its upper surface, which channel is provided with shoulders 11 and 12 formed therein intermediate of its upper and lower edges, which reduce the size of the channel, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. A removable tread section 14 is mounted upon the head 9 of the rail, having a downwardly extending longitudinal tongue 15 formed upon its under surface which is shaped to snugly fit within the channel 10. The tongue 15 is provided with shoulders 16 which rest upon the horizontal shoulders 11 and 12. The lower section 18 of the tongue 15 is reduced, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings for snug fitting in the reduced portion of the channel 10 and it has its under edge or surface resting upon the upper surface of the bottom wall of the channel. The removable rail or tread section 14: is provided with longitudinally spaced openings 19, through which bolts 20 extend for detachably connecting the rail tread section 14 to the web section of the rail.

In case the tread section 14 of the rail be comes worn and incapable of performing its function, it may be easily and quickly removed, without necessitating the mutilation of the road-bed of the railway and with a limited amount of labor.

In reducing the invention to practice, certain minor features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts may necessitate alteration to which the patentee is entitled, provided such alterations are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is A railroad-rail comprising a base, a web, a head, said head having the central portion thereof provided with a longitudinally extending groove, the side walls of said groove converging toward the bottom wall, the bottom wall of the groove being provided with a centrally disposed longitudinally extending recess, the side walls of the recess converging toward the bottom wall thereof, and a removable tread portion adapted to rest on the top of said head, a centrally disposed. longitudinally extending tongue formed on the bottom face of said tread portion and a Patented June 26, 1917.

centrally disposed downwardly extending snugly received in said groove and recess, w extension formed on said tongue, the side whereby any lateral movement of sand tread walls of the tongue and the extenslon being 1s prevented.

converged toward the bottom walls thereof, In testimony whereof I affix my signature said tongue and extension on said tread porin presence of two witnesses.

tion and the groove and recess in said head CHARLES L. MANSON. forming a series of shoulders forming bear- Vitnesses:

ing surfaces, whereby said tread is support- FREDA DonRRnR,

ed, the tongues and the extension being R0131. J. HAGAN.

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